Articles Written by Amy Lamare

Amy Lamare is a Los Angeles-based writer covering business, technology, entertainment, philanthropy, and pop culture. You can find her other work at Los Angeles Magazine, Your Tango, Thinknum Media, Nicki Swift, and Heavy among other publications. Follow her on Facebook. Amy's favorite self-made billionaire is Sara Blakely.

Meet Stefano Pessina: The Secretive Italian Billionaire Behind The Massive $9.4 Billion Walgreens-Rite Aid Merger
News broke Tuesday that Walgreen's is buying Rite Aid. The man behind the deal is secretive Italian billionaire Stefano Pessina… but who is he?
Money Can't Buy Everything: Billionaire Couple Rescind College Donation After Losing A Unique Court Battle
Billionaires Sanford and Joan Weill pledged a $20 million donation to Paul Smith's College, only to take it all back when they found out that the college couldn't be renamed after them.
Chinese Billionaire Ng Lap Seng Released On $50 Million Bail In Bribery Case
House arrest isn't so bad when you're holed up in a luxurious multi-million penthouse in NYC. Even the $50 million bail amount isn't so bad when you've got a $1.8 billion net worth. Such is the plight of a billionaire businessman accused of briber...
Pastor In Singapore Found Guilty Of Using $37 Million In Church Funds To Bankroll Wife's Failed Pop Music Career
Singapore's City Harvest Church is in a heap of trouble. Pastor Kong Hee was recently found guilty of spending $37 million of the church's funds on his wife Ho Yeow Sun's pop star career...
Meet Fred Olsen: Oil Tycoon, Watch Designer, Renewable Energy Pioneer
As a child, Fred Olsen escaped the Nazi invasion of Norway. Today, he is a leader in oil exploration, renewable energy, watch design, and is a world class sailor. This 86-year-old Norwegian billionaire just might be the most interesting man in the...
Is This $9 Billion Media-Darling Medical Startup Hiding A VERY Embarrassing Secret?
Blood testing company Theranos's founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is the youngest self-made female billionaire and her company has a valuation of $9 billion, making her the youngest female self-made billionaire. But was it all a sham?
How This Dancer Launched A $400 Million Fitness Empire
You don't normally think of dance instructors when you think of multi-millionaire tech tycoons!
The U.S. Has Been Dethroned As The Billionaire Capital Of The World. Guess Which Country Took The Crown…
For as long as we can remember, the U.S. has been home to more billionaires than any other country in the world. That era has come to an end.
The Chinese "Kim Kardashian" Spent $31 Million On Her Wedding
Remember how outraged the world was when Kim and Kanye dropped $12 million on their extravagantly over the top wedding? Well, sit down and hold on because one Chinese couple just made Kim and Kanye's fete look like a Las Vegas elopement.
Amazing Human Being Alert: Egyptian Billionaire Now In Talks to Buy TWO Private Islands For Refugees
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has an idea or two about how to help alleviate the Syrian refugee crisis and it is not just a cockamamie plan by an eccentric billionaire. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has expressed interest in cooperat...

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